Type bar machine



April 1933- H. J. M'EGLEY 1,903,829

TYPE BAR MACHINE Original Filed June 24. 1926 Q'Sheets-Sheet l April 18, 1933. H. J MEGLEY 1,903,829

TYPE BAR MACHINE Original Filed June 24. 1926 9 Sheets-Sheet 2 Original Filed June 24. 1926 9 Sheets-Sheet 5 April 18, 1933. H. J. MEGLEY 1,

' TYFE BAR MACHINE Original Filed June 24. 1926 9 Sheets-Sheet 4 A9 5 16 20 -21- 40 65 V v April 18, 1933. H, J, MEGLEY TYPE BAR MACHINE ori inal Filed June '24. 1926 9 Sheets-Sheet 5 [/2 dew/ fargyf/f gdey,

April 18, 1933. J MEGLEY 1,903,829

TYPE BAR MACHINE Original Filed June 24. 1926 9 Sheets-Sheet 6 April 18,1933;- H. J. VMI'EGLEY TYPE BAR momma Original Filed June 24. 1926 9 Sheets-Sheet 8 CHEW/VEL l r A April 18, 1933. H. J. MEGLEY TYPE BAR MACHINE Original Filed June 24. 1926 9 Sheets-Sheet 9 Patented Apr. 18, 1933 HARLEY J. MEGLEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS TYPE BAR MACHINE jApplication. med June 24,1926, Serial No. 118,176.' Renewed February 21, 1930.

This invention relates'to a machine for feeding type barsor'slugs as they are delivered or supplied thereto,rfrom the place of delivery or supply, past means for operating upon the slug and to a point of delivery or use and its objects are to provide a machine for accomplishing this automatically and in a continuous operation without injuring the type head of the slug or interrupting. the feed through the machine by the operation or operations upon the slug and in which the machine can continue to operate without injury to any of the parts evenjin case of interruption in the advancement of the bars through the machine such as may result from irregularities in the bars, jamming or from any other cause. l

The operation upon the slug in its course of travel from the point of supply to the point of delivery or use may groove, crimp,'bro'ach,

saw, cut, or mill the slug or it maybe any other forming, shaping, or finishing operation or combination thereof and the means for receiving the slug at the point of delivery may be corrugated paper for packing the slugs or it may be a galley, multigraph drum, segment, or any other suitable or preferred means. v t

In the particular embodiment of the invention shown the printing headsof the slugs are fed into the corrugations of strips or bands, of corrugated packing material which is fed over the table of the machine to position the corrugations for successively re ceiving the slugs fromthe feed ng niechanism, it'bein'g understood that the corrugated material is intended to be illustrative generally of any meansof the character above set out for receiving the slugs from the feeding mechanism.

Thebars to be finishedand'packed are placed on the tableof the machine, ahead of a pusher or feeder which feeds the barssuccessiv ely into register with a channeled holder where the shaping,'cutting or broaching operation is performed and into register with the grooves orthe like in the packing material of holder. .1 As thebars are registered with the channeled blocks and with the grooves in the packing material or holder, suitable- 7 ing material or holder.

means receives the bars and feeds them into the channeled block where the'desired operation or operations are performed and on through the channeled block to the corru gated paper, holder, or the like.

Where the bar is formed with grooves or other retention means in its character bearing head and with a weakened portion connecting the so-called gate to the head of the bar, a correspondingly grooved block may be provided for receiving and holding the grooved head of the slug in its movement to the packing material or holder and a knock-off device maybe employed for severing the gate-portion from the slug head in the movement of the slug through the channeled block. Where the slug is not grooved 0r weakened in its formation, the present machine provides for grooving, shaping, broaching, crimping, cutting, or otherwise forming, shaping or finishing the head thereof and for cutting off the bar to the desired height, whether grooved or not. v The means for feeding the bars to the means which feeds them to the passage in the channeled block and through to the packing material or holder preferably exerts just enough tension to hold the bar tight without interfering with their feed to the passage or channel in line with the grooves in the pack- The means for feed ing the slugs to the packing material may include a yieldable dog for'yieldably taking over the end of the outer slug to feed it from the row of slugs to the packing material and for assuring proper feed of the slugs to the device and to the grooved or channeled block between the point of supply and the point of'delivery. A yieldable knock-over device may be employed for knocking the outer slug laterally slightly so as to start it in its'movement into the passage or channel of the block between the point of supply and the point of delivery and for assuring-that the dog for feeding the slug laterally takes properlyover the endof the slug r r a The parts of the machine are positive-in action, yet there is sufficient yieldability and mechanisms, so that there will not be anyjamming or injury in the event of any impediment to movement in any parts.

The machine of my present invention is adapted to take any size type slug, such as from five points to fourteen points or over and to form retention means thereon or to take the usual high slug and bring it to the desired height for a special machine, or both.

The length of the slugs may vary and I provide adjustments for accommodating such variations and where the invention is employed for packing the slugs, the width of packing material may also vary. I also provide for setting the machine so that the travel or distance of the packing material or holder per step may be varied for example, from .001 to .1 of an inch from its normal step.

The machine of my present invention is provided with means for indicating to the operator or attendant the number of lines or slugs that have been packed or fed to the holder and for indicating the length of slug fOr which the mechanism which feeds the slugs laterally is set and I also provide for cutting off the packing material into strips at any desired point, where the invention is employed in that connection.

The machine of my present invention is of generally improved and simplified construction and it may be economically produced and operated with ease and facility.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a machine embodying the present invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the same;

Figure 3 is a rear elevational view; Figure 1 is a vertical section taken on the line 41-4 of Figure 1 and showing the means for advancing the entire row or group of bars to the means for feeding the outer bars laterally to'the packing paper or board;

Figure 5 is a vertical section taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 4:;

. Figure 6 is a vertical section taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 4;

Figure 7 is a' horizontal section taken on the line 7-7 of Figure 6;

Figure 8 is a fragmentary top plan view showing the means for feeding the type bars from the row in which they are advanced thereto laterally to the corrugated packing paper or board and the means for kicking over the foremost bar laterally as it reaches the lateral feed means;

Figure 9 is a vertical detail section taken on the line 9-9 of Figure 8;

Figure 10 is a vertical detail section taken on the line 10-10 of Figure 8;

Figure 11 is a vertical section taken on the line 11-11 of Figure 8 showing the actuating connection for the lateral feed means;

Figure 12 is a vertical section taken on the .line 12-12 of Figure 1;

Figure 13 is a vertical section taken on the line 13-13 of Figure 12;

Figure 1 1 is a vertical section similar to Figure 13 showing the operation of the knock-off means in severing the base of the slug from the character bearing head;

Figure 15 is a fragmentary perspective view of one form of slug adapted to be finished and packed with the present machine;

Figure 16 is a vertical section through the table of the machine and the means for advancing the packing paper or board thereover;

Figure 17 is a vertical section taken on the line 17-17 of Figure 16;

Figure 18 is a vertical section taken on the line 18-18 of Figure 16;

Figure 19 is a horizontal section taken on the line 19-19 of Figure 16;

Figure 20 is a perspective view of the knife means for cutting the packing board or paper when the desired number of bars have been packed;

Figure 21 is a fragmentary vertical section of a modification in which the base of the slug or bar is cut off and the chases or longitudinal grooves are formed as the bar is advanced to the packing board;

Figure 22 is a detail section showing, in dotted lines a multigraph drum positioned to receive the slugs.

Figure 23 is a fragmentary section in perspective of a modification in which the base of the slug or bar is cut off and the grooves formed as the slug is moved from the point of supply to the point of delivery;

Figure 24 is a fragmentary detailed section on the line 241-241 of Figure 23;

Figure 25 is a fragmentary detail section on the line 25-25 of Figure 23;

Figure 26 is a view similar to Figure 23 showing a modified form of cut-off blade for cutting the slug to the desired height;

Figure 27 is a detail section showing the cut-off blade of Figure 26 in connection with a T-shaped slug;

Figure 28 is a view similar to Figure 27 showing the cut-off blade provided with means for crimping or waving the shank of the slug longitudinally;

Figure 29 is a fragmentary detail section taken on the line 29-29 of Figure 28;

Figure 30 is a fragmentary detail section of another embodiment; and

Figure 31 is a fragmentary perspective view of the slug of Figure 30 showing the manner of broaching the rule thereon.

Referring to the drawings, Figures 1 to 20 inclusive, the present machine comprises in general the horizontal table 5 mounted upon a suitable base or legs 6 having supporting feet 7.

A reel 8 freely ournaled at 9 in the framework or base 6 carries a roll of corrugated paper or board or other suitable material in which the slugs or bars are packed. The packing material 12 is placed in roll form on the spindle 10 of the reel 8 and when the material of one roll'is exhausted another roll may be placed upon the reel. Packing material of different widths or slugs or bars of different lengths and with dilferentnumbers of corrugations per foot may be employed. I

From the reel 8 the packing material 12 passes up around an idler roller 14 freely j ournaled at the front edge of one side of the table or top 5 and passing over the roller 14 it travels rearwardly over the table 5, being advanced rearwardly asthe slugs are fed thereto by feed mechanism designated generally at 15. r V l The slug or bars are arrangedupon the table 5 in upright position with their character bearing edges upwardly and in a row 18 (Fig. 1), parallel with the rearward-path of travel of the paper 12. Pusher or feed means 20 feeds the entire row 18'0f bars rearwardly toward a feed mechanism 22 and into successive registration with the channel 86 in the edge piece along the block 23. The feed mechanism 22 removes the'bars from the row'18 one row at a time and feeds them laterally into and through the channel 86 and from the opposite end of the'channel 86 into the successive channels in the paper 12.

The block 23-or the edge piece 85 thereof 1 has ribs longitudinally along the sides of the channel 86 for supporting and'guiding the grooved head of the slug. Where the head of the slug is previously grooved the ribs may extend through the length-of the channel 86, whereas where the slug is grooved in its movement through the channel 86,"the ribs may be disposed only beyond the grooving means in the path of movement of the slug from the livery.

"Vhere the slugs are delivered directly to the galley, multigraph drum, segment, or the like instead of to the packing material 12,

the drum or other holder is mounted'at the end of the block 23 where the packingmaterial is now disposed and is adapted to have its grooves successivelyregistered with the channel 86 to receive the slugs therefrom.

The desired operation or combination of operation areperformed upon the slu and free thereof upon four pins 48 secured.

its movement through the channel 86 without interrupting or interferin g with the continuous operation of the machine.

Having now described in a general way the main parts of. the machine, I shall now proceed to a detail-ed description of the various parts or mechanisms.

The particular slugshown in Figure 15 comprises thehead 3O bearing the line of type or printing characters 31 and provided with longitudinal grooves 32 for mounting in the chases of the printing machine; The head 30. is connected by the'weakened neckl33 point-of supply to the point of dc with an integral base or gate 34 in the formation of the slug-and the weakened neck 33 is thereafter severed tofree the head 30 for use.

Where slugs of this sort are employed they are arranged in upright position upon the table 5' in the row 18 ahead of the follower 20 with their character bearing edges facing upwardly.

The follower 20 is adjustably secured by a thumbscrew 35 to one end of a bar 36 slidably mounted in a slot 37 in the table 5 parallel with the path of travel of the paper 12 thereover. The opposite sides of the bar 36 are groove-d and theadj-acent ides of the slot 37. hav e longitudinal tenons fitting in these grooves and holding the bar against upward and downward displacement. The opening .40: through the follower 20 through which thescr-ew 35' passes is elongated and opens from one endof the follower, permitting adjustment of the position of the follower upon the bar 36 and convenient removal and reface of the bar 36 itself.

Underlying and mounted for reciprocation beneath the bar 36 is a block 42. The block 42 is of generally channel cross sec tion with out-turned margins 43 atthe up per edges of its opposite sides. The outturned margins 43 overhang strips 44 which 7 V may be removably secured to the table 5 and which support the block 42 for sliding movement beneath the bar 36. Mountedin the channel portion of the I block 42,- between the opposite sides thereof, is a plate 45 having teeth 46 for engagement with the teeth 38 on the bar 36. The

plate 45 is guided for up and down move ment in .the channel portion of the block in the block 42 and engaging in suitable apertures'in' the plate 45. At its forward end the block 42 has adepending car 49 to which. one end of an eccentric rod 50. is pivoted at 52. The opposite end of the eccentric rod-50 has an eccentric strap 53*surrounding an eccentric 54 on the'shaft 55 so a plate member resting upon the eccentrlc rod 50. In operation the shaft 55 preferably rotates in the direction indicated by the arrow in Figure 4 and reciprocates the block 42 through the rod 50. The forward movement of the rod 50 and block 42 are accompanied by an upward component or movement. This upward movement of the eccentric rod 50 yieldingly forces the plate or dog member 45 upwardly through the spring 58 and the teeth 46 thereof into engagement with the teeth 38 on the bar 36, the accompanying forward movement of the rod 50 and block 42 shifting or advancing the bar 36 rearwardly or to the left in *igure 4 through the engagement of the teeth of the dog member or plate 45 with the teeth of the bar 36. The rearward movement of the rod 50 is accompanied by a downward component of movement therein which releases the effort imparted upwardly upon the plate 45 through the spring 58 and permits the teeth 46 on the plate 45 to disengage and slide yieldingly beneath the teeth 38 without shifting the bar 36 with the rearward movement of the rod 50.

Thus the eccentric rod 50 continuously advances the row of slugs 18 rearwardly without releasing the advancing tension with the movement of the rod 50 in the opposite direction and the accompanying upward and downward movement in the rod 50 is utilized to create and release the advancing engagement between the plate 45 and the bar 36.

Vhile the particular source of power may of course, be varied, the source shown comprises an electric motor 62 mounted upon a shelf 63 at the bottom of the standards or legs 6. The motor shaft has a pulley 64 and suitably journaled in the upper part of the standard framework 6 is a shaft 65 having a relatively large pulley 66. A belt 68 trained about the pulleys 64 and 66 transmits the drive from the motor to the shaft 65. The shaft 65 bears'a relatively small pinion 69 which meshes with a relatively large spur gear 70 on the shaft 72 and trans mits the drive to the shaft 72 therethrough. The shaft 72 also bears gear 73 which meshes with a gear 74 on the shaft 75 and transmits the drive to this shaft through these gears. The shaft 75 bears a worm 76 which meshes with a worm gear 7 8 on the shaft 55 and drives the same therethrough. The shaft 55 is shown as journaled in bearings 80 on the table 5.

The feed mechanism 22 comprises bar 82 reciprocable at right angles to the direction of advancement of the slug row 18 in a guide 83 suitably secured upon the table 5. The guide 83 forms, in effect. a stop for the successive slugs 18. As the slug reaches the guide 83 the stop function thereof registers the grooved head of the slug with the correspondingly ribbed groove 86 in the face or edge piece along the rear edge of the block 23.

Pivoted at 90 upon a vertical pin 92 in the bar 82 and movable with the bar is a dog 93. The dog 93 has a nose which projects out through a slot 94 in the guide 83 and a spring 95 connected between the guide 83 and the dog 93 normally swings the dog into projected position from the guide as shown in Figure 10 and into engagement with a stop 96.

For the purpose of reciprocating the feed bar 82 an arm or lever 98 is pivoted at one end at 99 (Fig. 3) on the framework of the machine. The opposite end of this lever 98 is forked or bifurcated at 100 and engages over a horizontal pin 102 on a post 103. The post 103 is adjustably clamped in a longitudinal slot 104 in the bar 82, the clamping member 105 engaging the upper surface of the bar 82 and fitting in the enlarged slot 106 in the top wall of the guide 83 and the handle piece 108 for clamping the post to the bar being exposed above the guide 83. The post extends at its lower end as shown in Figure 11 through a similarly elongated slot 110 in the table 5.

To adjust the connection between the upper end of the arm 98 and the bar 82 all that is necessary is to loosen the handle 108 slightl v slide the post 103 through the slot 104 in the desired direction and again tighten the handle 108. This adjustment is for accommodating type bars 18 of different lengths and for adjusting the point in the throw of the arm 98 at which the dog 93 is brought into action.

For the purpose of oscillating the arm 98 the shaft 72 is provided with a crank arm and a link 116 pivotally connected at its opposite ends to this arm 115 and to the lever 98 imparts the throw of the crank 115 to the lever 98 to oscillate the same and reciprocate the feed bar 82. This crank connection between the shaft 72 and the lever 98 mav obviously be adjustable if desired. I

With the parts in the positions shown in Figure 8, the dog 93 is forced inwardly upon reciprocation of the feed bar 82 to the right by the type bar 18 adjacent the guide 83. As the dog 93 passes the right hand end of the adjacent slug 18 it is sprung out by the spring 95 into cooperation with the adjacent end of the slug 18 and upon reciprocation of the bar 82 in the opposite didection. that is, to the left, this engagement of the dog 93 with the adjacent end of the slug 18 takes up this slug and moves it laterally to the left (Fig. 8) into the ribbed groove 86 as shown in Figures 12 and 13. As the dog 93 reaches the limit of its movement to the left the slug fed thereby is com pletely out of the row 18 and the succeeding slug moves up into cooperation with the guide 83and into registration with the ribbed groove 86. V

With thev succeeding reciprocation of the feed bar 82 the succeeding slug 18 is shifted laterally into the grooved guide 23 and moves the preceding slug ahead of it out into the synchronously registered groove in the packing paper ormaterial 12. At the limitof-the movement, of the dog 93 this time the. slug is again completely out of the row 18 so that the succeeding slug maybe advanced to the guide 83 and the head of the first slug is removed from the gate or base portion and is completely out of the guide 23 and packed in the corrugated paper or material 12. 1

In this embodiment of the invention the head of the slug being already grooved, the only'operat-ionnecessary upon the slug while it is in the channel 86' is tosever the gate of the slug from .the character bearing head at the reduced connecting neck 33.

Forthis purpose there is fixed upon the shaft 55 beneath the guide 23 a pair ofhead members and extending longitudinally between and carried by these head members is a knock-off blade 122. This knock-off member 122 rotates with the shaft 55 and is timed to engage the gate 34 of the slug as shown in Figures 13 and 14 when the'slug is completely out of the row 18 and in the channel 86 between that row and the packing material and to break off or sever the gate or base from the character bearing head. at the weakened neck .33. To assure a clean break, a plate 125 of: substantially the width of the guide 23 is hinged at 126 and has a turned up: end 127 which engageszthe slug and as the'knock-off member 122 comes into engagement with the opposite side of .the slug the plate 125 is lifted as shown in Fig ure 14 and provides in effect. an abutment at the weakened neck of the slug for. assuring a clean break there. The. table or base plate 5 has an opening 128 through which the knock-oil blade 122 operates to engage the base or gate of. the slug. Upon being severed the gate or base 34 of the slug drops down upon and is discharged by a chute 130 and the character bearing head 30 is fed on laterally into the aligned or registered channel in the packing material 12 or holder.

For the purpose of aligning and guiding the row of slugs 18 on the-left a guide is secured at 136 upon the top of the table 5.

At the opposite ends of the slugs 18 and adjacent the feed means 22 is an ustable spacer 140. This spacer comprises a bar 142 mounted upon the table 5 for adjustment in the direction of the lengths of the. slugs 18 to vary the distance between the guide 135 and the opposing end" of the spacer 140 to accommodate' slugs of different lengths. The spacer bar 142 may be guided by the cooperafollower plate or bar 148 tion of the block 143 with the slot 144 therein and said bar 142 is adapted to be clamped fixedly in any desired position by the thumbscrew 145. The spacer 140 has a yieldable yieldingly urged by springs 149 into cooperation with the adjacent ends of the slugs 18 to hold the slugs properly positionedbetween it and the guide 135. Set screws 150 maybe provided for adjusting the yieldabl'efollower plate" 148 with respect to the spacer bar 142.

Pivoted on the slug cooperating end of the bar 142 upon a pivot 152 to swing in'a horizontal plane isan arm 154. This arm 154 forms in effect a kickover member which engages the slug 18 adjacent the guide 83 as the slug is registered with the groove 86 in the guide 23 and kicks the sluglaterally slightly as shown at 158 in Figure 8." This initially engages the headof the slug in the groove 86 and sets the opposite endof the slug in a little bit movement to the packing material which assures that the pivoted dog 93-will take over this end of the slugand shift the same laterally with its succeeding reciprocation.

For its kick-over actionthe arm 154 is provided with a reduced nose 160 (Fig. 8), which engages only one slug adjacent the guide83 at a time. The arn1154 is urged in a counterclockwise direction (Fig. 8) by a coiled spring -162 so that as the head of the slug is freed by its registration with the. slot 86 the arm 154 is swung in a counterclockwise direction and bymeans of its nose 160 moves the slug laterally slightly.

I wish to call attention at this point to the fact that whereas the follower 20 imparts a positive advancing movement to the row of slugs 18, the actuating connection to'this follower is yieldable to a degree so that should any of the slugs become jammed or fail to be moved away laterally the machine can continue to operate Without injury to any of the parts. For example, the slug advancing dog 45 will simply slip or ride over the toothed bottom 38 of the bar 36 at said time. The other parts of the machine are also freed to continue operation without injury in such instances; 7

To permit insertion of the bar 82 into and removal from its guide 83 the open front side ofthe guide 83 is provided with a removable cover plate 165 (Fig. 4) which maybe provided with the opening through which the dog 93is projecte j L Y v V The corrugated packing material or the galle multigraph drum, segment, or other holder or receiver as the case may beis operated or advanced synchronouslywith the just preceding its lateral follower 20 and reciprocating bar 82 to sue Where the slug receiver is the packing paper or board 12 the mechanism 15 for advancing the corrugated paper or board 12 over the upper surface of the table 5 parallel with the feed by the follower 20 and at right angles to the lateral feed by the reciprocating bar 82 and guide 83, operates synchronously with the follower 20 and reciprocating bar 82 to position one of the longitudinal depressions or valleys 132 in the corrugated paper in register with the slot 86 for the reception of the type head 30 with each reciprocation of the bar 82 toward the paper 12. As the bar 82 moves to the right (Fig. 1) a corrugation or valley therein is moved into register with the opposite end of the slot 86 and remained in registration therewith to receive the character bearing head of the type bar upon the movement of the bar 82 to the left (Fig. 1) whereupon the corrugated paper 12 is again advanced to position the succeeding vale or corrugation in register with the slot 86 to receive the succeeding type bar head. In this manner all that is required is to place the type bars upon the table 5 between the follower 20 and the guide 83 and the follower 20 operates to successively register them with one end of the slot 86 while the feed mechanism 15 operates to synchronously register the corrugations successively with the opposite end of the slot 86 and the feed mechanism 22 operates to feed the bars laterally to the guide 23, that is, into the slot 86 where the gate or base portions 3 1 are removed and to feed the freed heads 30 into the corrugation of the packing material positioned to receive the same and the operation continues automatically so long as there are bars in the row 18 or until the desired number of bars have been packed. The bars in the row 18 may be conveniently replenished from time to time by simply drawing the follower 20 forwardly and inserting additional bars ahead of the same, the spring action in the feed means for the follower 20 permitting the forward withdrawal of the follower for this purose.

p The paper feed mechanism 15 comprises a block 175 secured at 176 to one end of a bar 178 which underlies and moves beneath the table 5. The block 17 5 has a rib operating in a slot 180 formed in one side of the table 5 and extending rearwardly in the rearward extension 182 of the table 5 as shown in Figure 1.

The block 175 is additionally guided upon the table 5 by a pair of parallel V ribs 183 (Fig. 17) which operate in V grooves 185 shown in Figure 1.

A trigger or arm 186 pivoted at 188 between a pair of flanges on the block 175 has a plate 189 secured thereto at 190. The plate 189 is disposed transversely, that is, parallel with the corrugations 132 and the plate end of the arm 186 is swung downwardly by a spring 192 to engage the plate 190 in the corrugation at the end of the paper or board 12 so that the paper 12 will be drawn over the surface of the table 5 as the bar 178 and block 175 are advanced rearwardly.

The means for advancing the corrugated paper or board 12 is enclosed in a housing 200 disposed beneath the table 5 and provided with an upwardly opening pocket 202 beneath the slot 180. A toothed advancing bar 205 is mounted beneath the bar 178 in the longitudinal pocket 202. The bar 205 is normally urged to the right in Figure 16 by a coiled spring 208 which may be arranged in one end of the pocket 202 and confined beneath a ledge 209.

For the purpose of lifting the advancing bar 205 to frictionally engage the teeth thereof with the under surface of the bar 178 and for advancing the bar 178 rearwardly to feed the paper 12 rearwardly over the table 5, I extend the shaft 55 through the housing 200 and provide the shaft between the sides of the housing 200 as viewed in Figure 17 with a cam 212 fixed thereon for rotation therewith. Mounted in suitable angular recesses in the housing 200 and acting radially to the axis of the shaft 55 one upwardly and the other horizontally at substantially 90 there from are a pair of cam or wedge members 215 and 216. The cam 212 has two cam parts 218 and 219. The cam or wedge block 215 is provided with a roller 220 which co-operates with the cam part 218 and the cam or wedge block 216 is provided with a roller 221 which cooperates with the cam part 219. A block 225 interposed between the toothed bar 205 and the upper bevel or wedge-shaped end of the block 215 moves the bar 205 to the left (Fig. 16) when the block 215 is raised by the cam 218.

It is this movement of the bar 205 to the left which feeds or advances the packing paper or other material rearwardly over the table 5 and. for the purpose of engaging the teeth 228 of the bar 205 with the under surface of the bar 178 at this time so that the movement of the bar 205 will shift the bar 178, a block 230 is interposed between the block 216 and the bar 205. The blocks 216 and 230 have cooperating bevel ends 232 so that as the block 216 is moved to the left by the cam 219 with the rotation of the shaft 55 the block 230 will be moved upwardly. A coiled spring 235 interposed between the bar 205 and the upper end of the block 230 yieldingly imparts this upward movement of the block 230 to the bar 205 and thereby engages the teeth 228 with the teeth 203 of the bar 178. These teeth are engaged as the block 215 is raised so that the shifting movement provided by the block 215 will be imparted to the bar 178 by the engagement of the teeth 228 with the under surface of the bar 178 at this time. At the same time the entire actuating connection is again yieldable so that any possibility of damage or injury to the machine is avoided. 7

Obviously the under surface of the bar 178 may be provided .with suitable transverse teeth for engagement by the teeth 228, if desired.

A stop 240 adjustable by means of a set screw 242 (Fig. 16) limits the throw of the toothed bar 205. By adjustingthe position of this stop and thereby the throw of the bar 205 by means of the screw 242 the amount that the corrugated paper or. board 12 is advanced each time may be adjusted to suit different numbers of corrugations per foot I in the packing material.

V the toothed bar 205 is free g The toothed bar 205' is provided with a longitudinal slot 245 a'rod 246 passes. The rod or stem 246 is adapted to be rotated from the side of the machine by means of a finger piece 250 as shownin Figures 1 and 18. This stem 246 passes through the slot 245 and within the slot it is scarfed at 252. With the stem 246 in the position shown in Figures 16 and 18,

to be moved upwardly by the blocks 216 and 230. By turning the stem 246 through substantially 180 from the side of the machine its full diameter is disposed vertically in the slot 245 and locks the bar 205 against upward movement under the action of the blocks 216 and 230, the actuation of these blocks being taken up in the spring 235 atthis time without moving or shifting the bar 205. Obviously with the stem 246 set to permit advancement of the paper over the table, movement of the bar 205 to the left (Fig. 16) by the bar 215 advances the paper over the table and following this advancementthe upward effort imposed by the blocks 216 is released andthe coiled spring 208 returns the bar 205 for. the succeeding advancement Without moving the bar 178 or paper in the opposite direction.

For the purpose of indicating the number of corrugations which have been advanced past the slot 86 and thereby the num ber of bars which have been packed one edge of the table 5 has a suitable scale 260 therealong which may be graduated in corrugations per foot and with variations to suit different packing paper.

For the purpose of setting theshifting or feed mechanism 22 for different lengths and sizes of bars or slugs 18 the bar 82 is adjustable as already pointed out and for the purpose of conveniently indicating theadjustment a suitable scale 265 maybe provided as shown in Figure 9. r

For the purpose of cutting the corrugated paperor packing material into'the desired lengths or when the desired number of slugs have been packed I mount a guide bar 275 transversely across the path of travel of the paper 12 on thetable 5. A cutter block or (Fig. 16) through which 7 a same figure.

carriage 27 6 shown in Figure 20 is slidingly mounted upon the bar 275. This carriage or block 276 has suitable depending jaws 278 in which a cutter 280 such as, for example, a

fragment of a safety razor blade is adapted to be clamped by a set screw 282. When the blade or cutter 280 becomes dull itmay be conveniently replaced and by sliding the block 27 6 to the left (Figure 1) the cutter or blade 280 engages and severs the paper 12 directly beneath the bar 275. The strip of corrugated paper or packing 'material 12 rearwardly of the bar'275 is thereby freed from the roll of packing paper and with the slugs packed in the corrugations thereof is adapted to be removed from the table of any irregularity in the slugs from interfering in any way with proper operation of the machine and to minimize friction andits retardation to the lateral sliding movement of the slugs from the row 18 as they are fed to the corrugated paper. 7

YVith the embodiment shown in Figure 21 the type bar or slug with its integral gate may be cast or formed of uniform cross section and without the longitudinal grooves 32' of Figure 15 or the reduced neck 33 of the In this case as the type slug or bar 315 passes through the guide block 23 it first engages a pair of cutters 316 which operate upon its upper end to form the longitudinal grooves 32'. After first passing the cutters 316 which form the grooves 32 the bar or slug 315 then encounters a third cutter 318 arranged toward the left of the guide block 23 as viewed in Figure 1 and this third cutter 318 cuts off the base or so-called gate of the slug on the line 320 of Figure 21 and frees the character bearing head 30 for'packing in the corrugated paper and the use in the desired printing machine. The guide 23 may be grooved to receive the head of the slug thus grooved and to hold it as it is moved past the cutter 318 and to the corrugated packing paper or board. i

Two parallel rows 18 of type bars are shown upon the table 5. This may vary.

For the purpose of permitting different operations upon the slug in its movement from the point of supply to the point of delivery "in the same machine I providea pair of plates 400 and 402 interchangeable with the block 23 and the flapper 125 of the preceding embodiment.

These plates 400 and 402 provide, as shown in Figures 23 to 26, ribbed channel 403 along their meeting edges through which the type slug is moved as before. bpacers 405 mount the plates 400 and 402 upon the bed of the machine and space the same properly above the bed.

Underlying the opening 406 in the bed plate 408 is a filler plate 410 and journaled at their upper ends in the plates 400 and 402 and at their lower ends in the filler plate 410 are three shafts 412, 413 and 414. Each of the shafts 412 and 413 carries a cutter 418, as shown in Figure 25. One of these cutters operates upon each side of the slug as the same enters the channel 403 and forms therein the grooves 420 and the reduced base 421.

The shaft 414 carries a cutter or saw 422 which operates upon the slug after it passes the cutter 418 and cuts the slug to the desired height. The shafts 412, 413 and 414 are adapted to have different cutters or saws mounted thereon and each shaft has a gauge block 425 upon its upper end for adjusting the height of the cutters in one thousandth of an inch.

Instead of cutting the slug to the desired ieight as shown in the previous embodiment a blade 430 may be provided, as shown in Figure 26. This blade 430 has a relative: ly sharp cutting edge 432 and is adapted to be reciprocated over the bed of the machine and reneath the plates 400 and 402, as by means of a suitable eccentric connection with one of the drive shafts of the machine. For the purpose of permitting this connection, (not shown), the bed of the machine is provided with a slot 435, as shown in Figure 1.

In Figure 27, I have shown a similar reciprocable cutter 430 for cutting the shank 440 of a T-shaped slug to the desired height.

This cutter 430 may be provided, as shown in Figures 28 and 29, with upstanding base protuberances for simultaneously crimping or waving the shank 440 of the slug longitudinally, as shown. The upstanding protuberances are indicated at 442 and are shown as mounted directly upon the cutter 443 and they wave or crimp the shank of the slug longitudinally, as shown in Figure 29, simultaneously with cutting it to the desired height. To this end the adjacent edge of the blade 443 may be correspondingly waved and upon crimping the shank the slug adapted to be cammed out to fill the slub for endwise movement.

In Figure 30, I have shown a block 450 which is adapted to be mounted in the opening in the bed of the machine. This block 450 has a channel 451 for receiving the slug 452 which is shown as being without grooves or the like. An underlying plate 453 fastened to the block 450 supports the bottom of the slug 452 and the printing base of the slug is provided with a rule 455, disposed up in an overlying block 456, which is undercut horizontally at 457 to receive breaching bits 458.

The bits 458 are of the usual triangular cross-section and they are suitably connected as through an eccentric mechanism with one of the drive shafts of the machine to be reciprocated thereby and broach the printing rule 455. For the purpose of permitting the eccentric connection, the bed plate is provided with suitable slots 400, as shown in Figure 1. The slug 452 with the rule 455 broached at 465 is shown fragmentarily in Figure v31.

In Figure 22, the multigraph drum 500, shown in dotted lines, has chases 502 which are adapted to be successively registered with the channel 503 to receive the slugs therefrom.

I claim 1. In a machine of the class described, the

combination of a table for supporting a plurality of linotype slugs in a row, means for receiving the slugs, a reciprocable member, a yielda-ble dog pivoted thereto and adapted to contact with the ends of the slugs to move them in a vertical position from said row to said receiving means with the reciprocation of said member, a follower for feeding the slugs to said reciprocable member, and yieldable kick-over means for initiating the movement imparted to the slugs by said yieldable dog and for assuring cooperation of said dog with the slugs.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a table for supporting a plurality of articles, a support, means for receiving the articles, said support carrying packing material for accepting the articles from said receiving means, a reciprocable member for feeding the articles to said receiving means, a follower for feeding said articles to the reciprocable member, a member for advancing the packing material, a driving member, an actuating cam for said advancing member, a wedge connection between said cam and said advancing member, means for operating the reciprocable article feeding member including aconnection between the driving member and the reciprocable article feeding member anl an eccentric driving connection between the driving member and the follower.

3. In a machine of the class described, the combination of means for supporting a printing slug having a printing head, means for receiving the head of the slug, means for feeding the slug to the receiving means, a grooved support having interlocking engagement with the head of the slug for supporting the slug in its movement to the receiving was? means, said sl'u bein in averticalposition of the slugto the receiving means foroperat ing upon theslug. I

4. n a machine for reducing the heightof type high line long printing slugs, each slug having a printing head and a base connected thereto by a weakened'portion, the combine tion'of'means for supporting the type high printin slug, means-forfreceiving the head of the s ,ug' and supporting thesame thereby, means for feeding the slugto said receiving means, and means-in the pathof movement imparted to theslug by said last meansand operating vbetween thebaseeofi'the slug and the printing head for removingthe base of theslug. v

'5. In a machine oftheclassjdefscribed, the combinationof meansfor supporting a row of line long p'ri'nt'in islugs, aireciprocable feed memb'er for fee ing the'slug's from "said row to means for receiving same, grooved guide means engageable withl the slugs for supporting same by suspension in their movement from the row to said receiving means, means adjacent said guide means for removing the base of the slug, a followerforiadvancing the slugs successively to" said feed member, and means for-advancing the. receiving means synchronously with the operation of said feedmeans; r f

6. In combination, a ,supporting table for a row of printing 'slugs, a slug 'advancing member slidably mounted thereon and having a follower cooperable withthelslugs,

teeth on said advancing member, a driving shaft, a reciprocable block having" eccentric connection with said shaft, oscillatory means connecting the driving shaft reciprocable block, a toothed advancingmember' yielding 1y engageable with the teeth of said first member and reciprocable with said block for aldvancing said first memberand the row of s u s meniber for pressing the toothed advancing member toward the slug advancingmember.

7. In combination, a support for armor type bars, a guide along one end of the bars, a. spacer at the opposite ends vof sa'id bars and adjustable upon said support, a follower mounted upon said spacer and having yielding cooperation with the bars, and

the 1 adj acent ends 1 of i a kick-over device pivoted upon said spacer.

cles to position said articles successively in packing positlon, means for dr vmg said advancing means, a yieldable connectionv besaid toothed 'leasing said engagement the opposite direction. I 11. The method of finishing'and packing grooved type bar's'having restricted gates the bar-son their gates in with their type faces up, from. the stack one at-a time,suspending the hanging free, severing the and means operable by said oscillatory v ,SltlOIL, on said bars on said :table, to :said table,

vsition on said gates, bars onsaid table,

successively align the corrugations. of said material with the packing position of said articles, and means for feeding the articles from packing position to said corrugations. f 9. In combinatioma table for supporting packing material, mans sl-idably "mounted thereon for engagingand moving said mate rial, a feed-bar'for said slidable means, a toothedladvancing member for said feed-bar, c'am means arranged to cause yielding engagement between said'toothed member and said feed-bar, during the movementof said toothed member in one direction, mechanism for reciprocating said toothed advancing member, and'means forv locking said toothed niember against engagement'with said feedar. y e 10. In combination, a feed-bar, a toothed advancingmember for said bar, a cam-actuated wedge member for moving'said advancing member. in one'directiomand a spring for moving said toothed member in the opposite direction, cam-controlled mechanism for causing member and said feeding bar during the first saidmovement and for reduring movement in attached thereto, which comprises, stacking vertical position removing the bars bars from their grooves with their gates gates I from the suspended bars,removing the bars and delivering them into a suitable-packing.

12. In a machine for finishing and packing type bars that have been cast with grooves disposed on theirsides adj acentthe-type face and with gates attached to the o a a by' du'ced' portion, the combination of a table W96 yielding engagement between for supporting said type bars in vertical popacking means adjacent grooved guides for engaging the grooves of said bars and suspending them while. they are being transferred from said :table to said packing means, means for moving said bars from said table throughsaid guides to said packing means, and means in the path of movement of said bars for sever V fingthe gates therefrom.

8 In a packing machine means for supporting a strip of corrugated packing material, means for supporting articles in a row, means for advancing the entire; row of arti-'.

13. In a machine for finishing and packing type bars that have been cast with grooves disposed on their sides adjacent the type face and with gates attachedto the bar'by a re-' stricted portion, the combination of a table for supporting said type bars in vertical pomeans for moving the i v packing means adjacent to said; table,

meansengaging the grooves of gates, means for moving the i said bars for suspending them and guiding them from said table to said packing means, means for moving said bars from said table to said guiding means, and means including a rotary hammer operating on the bars suspended in said guiding means for removing the gates from the bar said packing means receiving the bars after the gates have been removed therefrom.

14. The method of reducing the height of a type high printing slug to less than type high, said slug having a slug body, which comprises moving the slug in a given path and during its movement in said path bodily severing the body of the slug within its height to divide said slug body into a printing head of less than type high and a removed base.

15. In a machine for reducing to less than type-high the height of a type-bar having a printing head portion of a height less than type-high and provided with retention means for engagement in a chased carrier and a gate-like base portion, the combination of means for supporting the bar by said retention means, means for moving the bar in a given path, and means for severing the bar within its height and below the retention means in the head to separate the gate-like base bodily from the printing head during the movement of said bar in said path.

16. In a machine of the class described, in combination, means for supporting packing material, means for supporting a plurality of unitary type high printing slugs in a row, said slugs being in length equal to the length of a plurality of type, means for advancing the row of slugs, means removing one at a time the forwardmost slugs and moving the same in a given path, means for severing the base portion of the slugs when the latter occupy a position in said path, means for feeding the remaining portion of the slugs to said packing material, and means for advancing the packing material to successively receive the last mentioned portions of the slugs.

17. A machine of the class described comprising, in combination, means for supporting a row of linotype slugs having grooved printing heads, means for moving the slugs along an angular path in a horizontal plane, means disposed along one leg of said angular path for severing the base from the grooved head of each slug, and means for successively positioning packing means to receive the printing heads.

18. A machine of the class described comprising, in combination, means for supporting a plurality of type high linotype slugs in a row, each having a base and a grooved printing head, means for intermittently advancing said row of slugs, means including a grooved support to receive the grooved head of each slug for removing the slugs, one at a time, from the row, said last two mentioned means being alternately operable,

means to sever the base of each slug from the head thereof While it is in said grooved support, means to receive the severed head as it is moved from the grooved support by the next slug, and means for positioning the head receiving means and acting in timed relation with said row advancing means.

19.- In a machine of the class described, means for supporting a plurality of type high linotype slugs in a row, means for removing a slug from the row and displacing it laterally thereof, said means including a movable member having a slug engaging element pivotally mounted thereon and movable to slug-engaging position when reciprocated in one direction and to a retracted position when reciprocated in the other direction, receiving means for the displaced slug provided with supporting means to engage andsupport the slug above the bottom thereof, saidreceiving means being of a length substantially equal to one slug, and means to advance the row of slugs.

20. In a machine of the class described,

means for supporting a plurality of type high linotype slugs in a row, means for removing a slug from the row and displacing it laterally thereof, said means including a movable member having a slug-engaging element pivotally mounted thereon and movable to slug-engaging position when reciprocated in one direction and to a retracted position when reciprocated in the other direction, re-

ceiving means for the displaced slug provided with supporting means to engage and support the slug above the bottom thereof, means operating on the slug while in the receiving means, a second receiving means for the slugs, means to advance the row of slugs, and means for advancing the second receiving means concomitantly with the row advancing means.

21. A machine of the class described comprising means for receiving a plurality ofline long type-high printing slugs, each having a base and a printing head, means for reducing the height of the type-high slugs including mechanism for separating the printinghead from the base, means to feed the slugs to the reducing means one at a time, means to receive the severed bases, and movable means for receiving the printing heads, said last named means including parts advanced simultaneously with said feeding:

means.

22. A machine of the class described comprising means for receiving a plurality of line long type-high printing slugs, each having a base and a printing head, means for reducing the height of the type-high slugs including mechanism for separating the printing head from the base, means to feed the slugs to the reducing means one at a time, means to receive the severed bases. movable means for receiving the printing heads,

said last named means having meansfor individually packing each printing head, and means for advancing the packing means in accordance with the number of printing heads received. a

23. A machine of the class described comprising means for receiving a plurality of line long type-high printing slugs, each having a base and a printing head, each of said slugs being adapted to have a supporting groove formed therein near the printing head, a

means for reducing the height of the typehigh slugs including mechanism for supporting each slug by the groove therein and separating the printing head from the base, means to feed the slugs to the reducing means one at a time, means to receive the severed bases, and movable means for receivingothe during a eriod of intermission in the move= ment of t e slug to pre are said slug for use in the chased carriero a printing machine implloying slugs which are less than type ln witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name this 21st day of June, 1926.

HARLEY MEGLEY.

printing heads, said last named means in- V eluding parts advanced simultaneously with said feeding means.

24. A machine for handling line long printing slugs each having a base and'a grooved printing head, means to support a row of said slugs including guide means for the row, movable means mounted thereon for engaging and moving said row of slugs between the guide means, a feed'bar for said movable means, cooperating means on the support and movable means for guiding the latter, a toothed member for advancing the feed bar, and means for moving the toothed member into engagement with the feed bar and at the same time advancing the toothed member to move the feed bar and movable means along the cooperating guides.

25. The method of reducing the height of V a type high printing slug to less than type a high, said slug having a slug body, which comprises moving the slug by intermittent motion in a given path and during a period operating upon said slug across its width and during a period of intermission in the movement of the slug to sever the body oi the slug within its height whereby to divide said slug body into a printing head of less than type high and a removed base. 7

27. In a machineof the class described the cpmbination of continuously operating means for moving a printing slug by intermittent motion in a given path, said slug having a slug body, and means operable with said continuously operating means for operating upon said slug across its width and 

